Java XML First Child Element getFirstLevelChildElements(Element parent)

Description

Get all the first level child elements.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
parent	Parent Element

Return

List of all the child Elements.

Declaration

public static final List<Element> getFirstLevelChildElements(Element parent) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Main {
    /**/*from w w  w.  j  av a 2s .c o  m*/
     * Get all the first level child elements.
     * 
     * @param parent
     *            Parent Element
     * 
     * @return List of all the child Elements.
     */
    public static final List<Element> getFirstLevelChildElements(Element parent) {
        NodeList nodeList = parent.getChildNodes();

        ArrayList<Element> childList = new ArrayList<Element>(nodeList.getLength());

        Node childNode = parent.getFirstChild();
        while (childNode != null) {
            if (childNode.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                childList.add((Element) childNode);
            }
            childNode = childNode.getNextSibling();
        }

        return childList;
    }
}

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